Clinical reliabilities and validities of the microcomputerized Basic Personality Inventory.
With a population of 64 adult psychiatric patients, we examined the psychometric properties of a microcomputerized version of the Basic Personality Inventory (BPI). Reliability information suggested that the basic and factor scales were internally consistent and stable. Clinical staff ratings were used as criteria, and analyses indicated that BPI scales possessed convergent validity. Overall, our findings add to the growing literature on the clinical utility of the Basic Personality Inventory.
Holden
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Department of Psychology, Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
Fekken
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Cotton
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D000328:Adult; D003936:Diagnosis, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation*; D005260:Female; D006778:Hospitals, Psychiatric; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008838:Microcomputers; D009497:Neurotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D010554:Personality Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D010555:Personality Inventory / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011594:Psychometrics; D011618:Psychotic Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D015203:Reproducibility of Results